New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-05
MANY SMOULDERING RUINS.

NO MORE BODIES THOUGHT TO BE IN THE KEARY
BUILDING-D vICo's PLACE DAMAGED.
Smoke continued to pour out Of the ruins OF satur.
DAYS fatal fireworks fire nc No 343 Broadway all
day yesterday and from distsnoe gave that portion
of Broadway the appearance of beng the scene OF
a large conAagrahon. One OF the reserve engne' OF
the First Battalion kept pouring steady streams OF
water on the smouldering ruins. The front wall OF
the building in Broadway has bulged outward about
four inches This together with the many cracks In
the brown stone blocks and copings OF the windows
made the build NJ appear Insate that yesterday
mor-ing Chief Purroy, oil the Firft Battalion ordered
that the stop running past the building
and that no heavy truck, DO allowed to pass. ms
order was In force about half hour In the morning.
during wbish time the walls were tested. large
rope v As fastened to them aud large gang OF men
ATTEMPTED 10 pull them down. The rops broke bus
the walls remained stan0ing Shortly alter o'clock,
lust as several members of Engine 81 bad Ieft the
building With their hose, all the foJrs below the
fourth tell With loud crash aud sent voismes Oh
thick dust flying out into Broadway. At first II was
thought that sone o. the hremen bad been caught oy
the falling timbers aud plaster and rysh was made
by tho wd tor the building IL found, however,
that the bremen had all lett the building before the
crash came. TIE debris choked up tue entrance to
the building enectus lily that 1t was impossible to
enter. No attempt was made yesterday TO search the
ruins for bodies, but Chief Purroy SAID that he
thought they would be cool enough TO admit OF =
search to-day There 10 no reason 10 believe that
Ihero any bodies Ia the RUNS except he statement
OF OF the employees who said that when tho exIio
sion took place there in the store urchas-
Ing fireworks whom the employe did not SOC leave the
building aitorward
Demonco's restaurant adopting the burned build:
ing was badly damaged. The handsomely pape-ed
walls are all soaked through With water. wo OF
the skyights were destroyed and tue valuable
carpets we're so damaged by water and broken glass
as to be q total loss
The snperintendent OF the restaurant 'aid that he
could not yet form any idea OF the amount Of the
damage.
One Of the First Battalion reserve engines poured
stream throughout yesterday the smok ing ruins oil
j. 0. Preblo s. Co.'S envelope factory aud bookbind-
ing ssta olishment which was burned early Sunday
nothing Tho building No. 81 Franklin-st, which
ran hall way through the block to Whte:st, will be
total loss TIC fools all down aud little OF the
building r. mains standing save the walls. The floors
OF the next building No. Sc, which runs through tho
block to White st., are stsudng and tho stock OF
leather and paper which is stored compactly In the
CELLAR and on the lower doors dered ell day.
ID. A. Tow r. the ma-ager OF the Tower Manufacture
ing Company which occupies the bret floor, basement
and b-basenent OF the building No. 300 Broadway,
wb,oh was On fire on Sat, rday said yesterday that
tho loss the oompanys stock will not aIceed
So 900 and is fu ~ covered by insurance. All tho
damape was done bv water and Mr.. Tower said thst
the labor OF The lnsur Patrol all that kept the
loss from beng much heavier. A. Wedmann. who
occupied the upper part tho building, unable to
state his loss He said that the fire started between
the tin roof aud the ceiling OF the top door and ho
could tor il in any other way than that
tho intense heat had igned the wood work under the
tin roof which was old and vell-seasoned.